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Jeff Francoeur: ‘We did what we wanted to do up here and took to two of three’

A victory in Game 5 would have been sweet, no doubt, but outfielder Jeff Francoeur and catcher Matt Treanor each said the Rangers left Yankee Stadium having accomplished the goal the team established after splitting two games at Rangers Ballpark.

“We did what we wanted to do up here and took to two of three,” outfielder Jeff Francoeur said. “We would have loved to have won here today. But we have two games to win one, and I’ll take those odds any day.”

History continues to be on the Rangers’ side in this American League Championship Series with a 3-2 lead. Friday will mark the 14th time that an ALCS has gone to a sixth game, and the team up 3-2 has won the series nine of the previous 13 times. Of those nine, seven have closed out the series in Game 6.